UBC Film Society

Seven Samurai

1954, Unrated, 207min

You fool! Damn you! You call yourself a horse! For shame! Hey! Wait! Please! I apologize! Forgive me!

A veteran samurai, who has fallen on hard times, answers a village’s request for protection from bandits. He gathers 6 other samurai to help him, and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves, and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day. The film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village.

Directed by
Akira Kurosawa
Written by
Akira Kurosawa & Shinobu Hashimoto
Starring
Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko Tsushima, & Daisuke Katô

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